A troupe of marionettes patiently await their curtain call in the warehouse of Carlo Colla & Sons before a show in Milan last year…
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In May this year, the Carlo Colla More...

This historic but dilapidated residence sits on the Posillipo coast in Naples, west of the Mergellina harbour, some way beyond the Castel dell’Ovo…
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The Villa Donn’Anna takes its name More...

Sit back and enjoy this gallery of glorious photos of Italy, all taken by Italia! readers – and read on to find out how to enter our monthly photo competition…
This month’s winner:
“Val d’Orcia, Tuscany.”
by Nick More...

The Botanical Gardens at Villa Taranto in Pallanzo on the shore of Lake Maggiore were established in the 1930s by a Scotsman called Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn…
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Captain Neil Boyd More...

The sun catches the peak of Monte Cervino, aka the Matterhorn, as it sets over the Italian border with Switzerland in Val d’Aosta…
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It is the region of Dolomites, at the eastern end of More...

Six rowers, all dressed as Father Christmas, cut a steady course across the Venetian lagoon on their mission to deliver presents to children…
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In the far north of Italy, the bringer of gifts is More...

Welcome to another gallery of glorious photos from Italy – all of them captured by Italia! readers for our monthly competition…
This month’s winner:
“Strolling through the beautiful historic town of Susa, More...

The cactus greenhouse at the Giardini Esotici Pallanca in Bordighera, where just some of the Garden’s 3,000 succulents are kept…
Giacomo Pallanca left the olive oil trade in 1861 to work with the German botanist More...